Saleh or Salih ( ar, صالح, or ) is an

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which means "Pious".

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Salih Salih (; ar, صَالِحٌ, Ṣāliḥ, lit=Pious), also spelled Saleh (), is an Arab prophet mentioned in the Quran who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the ...

, Arabian prophet *

Salih ibn Ali Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās () (711–769) was a member of the Banu Abbas who served as general and governor in Syria and Egypt. Life Salih and his brother Abd Allah were among the van of the Abbasid forces which ove ...

(711–769 CE), was the Abbasid general and governor in Syria and Egypt. * ''Salih ibn Harun al-Rashid'', was the son of Abbasid caliph

Harun al-Rashid Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar , أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...

, His mother was Ri'm. *

Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi Sheikh Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi (1921 – February 12, 2011) ( ar, الشيخ صالح بن عبد العزيز الراجحي) was a Saudi businessman and philanthropist who founded the Al-Rajhi Bank, the largest Islamic banking instituti ...

, Saudi Arabian businessman *

Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad Saleh Abdelaziz Alhaddad ( ar, صالح عبدالعزيز الحداد; born 7 April 1986) is a Kuwaiti track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He holds the Kuwaiti records for the event with bests of indoors and outdoors. H ...

(born 1986), Kuwaiti long jumper *

Salih Ashmawi Salih Ashmawi (1910–1983) was an Egyptian political figure and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He held several posts in the group and edited some of its publications such as ''Al Dawa'' and ''Al Nadhir''. Early life and education Ashmawi w ...

(1910–1983), Egyptian politician *

Salih Bozok Salih Bozok (1881 – April 25, 1941) was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey.Türk Parlamento ...

(1881–1941), Turkish military officer *

Salih Dursun Salih Dursun (born 12 July 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a right back and defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Club career Dursun made his Süper Lig debut on 27 August 2012. Though he wasn't a particularly ...

, Turkish footballer * Salih Güney, Turkish film actor *

Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity Saleh (1908–1986) and Daud (1910–1976) Al-Kuwaity ( ar, صالح و داوود الكويتي) were Kuwait-born Israeli musicians of Iraqi-Iranian ancestry who rose to prominence in the Arab world in the early twentieth century. The ...

, Iraqi musician *

Saleh al-Mutlaq Saleh Muhammed al-Mutlaq ( ar, صالح محمد المطلك; born 1 July 1947) is an Iraqi politician who is the head of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, the fifth largest political list in Iraq's parliament. From 21 December 2010 to 11 ...

, Iraqi politician *

Salih Muslim Muhammad Salih Muslim Muhammad (Kurmanji ku, Salih Muslim Mihemed, ar, صالح مسلم محمد, Ṣāliḥ Muslim Muḥammad) is the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East ...

, Rojava politician *

Salih Neftçi Salih Nur Neftçi (14 July 1947 – 15 April 2009) was a leading expert in the fields of financial markets and financial engineering. He served many advisory roles in national and international financial institutions, and was an active researche ...

, Turkish financial economist *

Salih Omurtak Salih Omurtak (1889–23 June 1954) was a Turkish general and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. Biography He was born 1889 in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece). ...

, Turkish general *

Salih Özcan Salih Özcan (born 11 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team. Club career Born in Germany, Özcan is of Turkish descent ...

, Turkish footballer *

Salih Pasha (disambiguation) Salih Pasha may refer to: * Nevesinli Salih Pasha (died 1647), Ottoman grand vizier (1645–47) * Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha (died 1801 or 1802), Ottoman governor of Bosnia, Egypt, Diyarbekir, and Trabzon * Salih Hulusi Pasha (1864–1939), Ottoma ...

, various Ottoman people * Salih Sadir, Iraqi footballer *

Salih Uçan Salih Uçan (, born 6 January 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş. Club career Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe signed Uçan for €1.4 million on 6 June 2012, for a five-year contract worth €220,000 per ...

, Turkish footballer *

Salih Hudayar Salih Hudayar ( ug, سالىھ خۇدايار; born 21 May 1993) is a Uyghur American politician known for advocating for East Turkistan independence. He founded the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement and has since been leading the mov ...

,Uyghur prime-minister of government

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Abdul Azis Saleh Dr. Abdul Azis Saleh (20 September 1914 – 3 April 2001), a specialist in anthropology and education, was a leader of Indonesian Scouting and served as a member of the World Scout Committee and President of the World Organization of the Scout Mo ...

* Abdul Rahman Saleh, Indonesian aviator and physician *

Adam Saleh Adam Mohsin Yehya Saleh (Arabic: ادم محمد يحيى صالح ; born June 4, 1993) is an American YouTuber. Early life Adam Saleh was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on June 4, 1993, to Yemeni parents. He went to Manhattan Center For Sc ...

, American YouTube personality *

Ahmad Ali Abdullah Saleh Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar ( ar, أحمد علي عبد الله صالح الأحمر; born July 25, 1972) is the eldest son of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and was a commander of approximately 80,000 troops of the Republi ...

, Yemeni military commander *

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

, former President of Yemen *

Allah-Yar Saleh Allah-Yar Saleh ( fa, اللهیار صالح, born Saleh Arani; 1897–1981) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who was Iranian Ambassador to the United States during Mohammad Mosaddegh's premiership. Career Allah-Yar Saleh was a member of t ...

, Iranian politician *

Amrullah Saleh Amrullah Saleh (Pashto/ prs, امرالله صالح, ; born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician who served as the first vice president of Afghanistan from February 2020 to August 2021, and acting interior minister from 2018 to 2019. He ...

, former Vice President and 16th de jure president of Afghanistan *

Anas Khalid Al Saleh Anas Khalid Al Saleh (; born on 11 January 1972), also known as AKS, is a Kuwaiti politician who has been serving as deputy prime minister and minister of interior and cabinet affairs, He also served as minister of finance from January 2014 to D ...

(born 1972), Kuwaiti politician *

Barham Salih Barham Salih ( ku, بەرھەم ساڵح, Berhem Salih; ar, برهم صالح; born 12 September 1960) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the eighth president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. He is the former prime minister of the Kurdista ...

, president (2018) of Iraq * Farhan Saleh, Lebanese writer and militant *

Hashim Saleh Hashim Saleh Mohammed Al-Balushi ( ar, هاشم صالح محمد البلوشي; born 15 October 1981), commonly known as Hashim Saleh, is an Omani footballer. Club career Hashim has been wearing the number 9 jersey for clubs like Al-Nasr S.C ...

, Omani footballer * Jahanshah Saleh, Iranian physician *

Muhammad Salih Muhammad Salih (born 20 December 1949) is an Uzbek political opposition leader and writer. He was the opposition candidate in the 1991 Uzbek presidential election, the first and only time an Uzbek president has faced a serious challenger in an e ...

, 18th-century Bengali Islamic scholar *

Raden Saleh Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman ( ar, ; ', jv, ꦫꦢꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦭꦺꦃꦯ꦳ꦫꦶꦥ꦳꧀ꦨꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦩꦤ꧀; EYD: ''Raden Saleh Syarif Bustaman''; 1811 – 23 April 1880) was a pioneering Indonesian Romantic painter of Arab- Javan ...

, Indonesian painter *

Robert Saleh Robert Saleh (born January 31, 1979) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). A defensive coach for much of his 20-year coaching career, Saleh has served as an assistant co ...

, American, NFL football coach *

Sania Saleh Sania Saleh (1935–1985; Arabic: سنية صالح) was a Syrian writer and poet, who wrote and published several poetry collections. Some of her poetry has been translated into English by Marilyn Hacker. Biography Sania Saleh was born in the ci ...

(1935–1985), Syrian poet *

Tayeb Salih Tayeb Salih ( ar, الطيب صالح, aṭ-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ; 12 July 1929 – 18 February 2009) was a Sudanese writer, cultural journalist for the BBC Arabic programme as well as for Arabic journals, and a staff member of UNESCO. He is best k ...

, Sudanese author

Fictional characters

* Saleh, powerful and wise mage from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones * Salih Koçovalı, alternate name for Vartolu Sadettin in the Turkish television program

Çukur ''Çukur'' () is a Turkish psychological thriller television series directed by Sinan Öztürk, and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. It premiered on 23 October 2017 and concluded on 7 June 2021 with a total of 131 episodes (four seasons ...

*Saleh, major antagonist in

Tales of Rebirth is a Japanese action role-playing game published for the PlayStation 2. It is the sixth main entry of Namco's '' Tales'' series of video games. The game was developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Games. The game was released for ...

* Salleh, a minor character in the Malasyan cartoon

Upin & Ipin ''Upin & Ipin'' ( Jawi: اوڤين دان ايڤين) is a Malaysian animated television series produced by Les' Copaque Production. The series features the life and adventures of the eponymous bald twin brothers in a fictional Malaysia. Origin ...

*Fatima Saleh, suspect in

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was r ...

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